. >> reporter: good morning, ali, yeah, it's still snowing here and governor cuomo has asked new yorkers to avoid non-essential travel and here's why. poor visibility and the possibility of ice on the streets. you can see these are the streets of downtown syracuse. plows have been coming by here all morning long, but the snow is still accumulating here. i'm show you some of the accumulation. a foot is expected from this storm but also in the past four days syracuse has had 13 inches of snow from other snowstorms. now, city officials say that this area is actually used to snow. however, the amount of snow in such a short period of time is a challenge, of course, for cleanup efforts and it's been almost two years since syracuse has had a foot of snow all in one shot, ali. >> we'll keep an eye on this with you through the course of the morning. this powerful storm really rocked the nation's heart land. travel conditions so treacherous the indiana pacers had to postpone last night's home game against the chicago bulls. flying and driving today and the rest of the week will continue to be tou